SBS TV editor Nicholas Hogan convicted after 'satire' fails

An SBS video editor who drank 10 pints of beer before taking to Facebook and threatening to murder police in the name of Allah has claimed the post was satire, a Sydney court has heard.

But during sentencing at Newtown Local Court, Magistrate Anthony Spence slammed Nicholas Hogan's attempted comedy as reckless and irresponsible and gave him a two-year good behaviour bond.

A conviction was also recorded against the 32-year-old, who the court on Tuesday heard has been "staunchly atheist" since he was a teenager.

The post was made at a time when police were mourning the death of NSW police accountant Curtis Cheng.

On October 16, hours after family, police and members of the public paid their final respects at Mr Cheng's funeral, Hogan posted on his publicly-accessible Facebook account: "I AM GOING TO KILL A POLICE OFFICER THIS MORNING IN THE NAME OF ALLAH", court documents state.

Police were alerted to the post and 10 officers were dispatched to Hogan's Marrickville home.

"It was treated as a legitimate threat, requiring numerous police resources to clarify the veracity of the threat," court documents state.